H Mart Niles
Korean grocery store · Niles ·
Asian grocery chain: prepared meals, housewares, snacks, KBBQ
Asian grocery chain: prepared meals, housewares, snacks, KBBQ
"H Mart is a national Korean grocery chain, and happens to be one of our favorite stores for produce, imported snacks, and pre-marinated, grill-ready, meat and whole fish. The location in the West Loop also has a food court where you can get dishes like kimchi stew, sushi, bento, and ramen. Oh, and sheet masks." - courtney sprewer
"For the last six years, he’s operated his own standalone restaurant in suburban Niles. Izakaya Yume was more of a casual spot that Park ran with his wife, Kate Kim-Park, who is from Seoul although the couple met in Chicago. A few of their customers began asking for more upscale selections, and Park was happy to oblige." - Ashok Selvam
"A larger, mall-style spinoff located in suburban Niles, this location has a shopping-mall feel with multiple businesses under one roof and a food-hall atmosphere. Its restaurants include stalls such as chicken wings and mandoo (dumplings), and the broader selection of specialty ingredients and eateries makes it appealing to both home cooks and diners." - Ashok Selvam
"A grocery chain where a gochugaru-spiced version of gejang has circulated on social media and mukbangs; some tasters found the spicier, chili-flake–based marinade challenging because of a pronounced 'fishiness' in the raw-crab flavor." - E. Alex Jung
"A Korean grocery-chain portrayed as a near-sacred, communal space where food acts as a powerful conduit for memory, grief, and identity; visitors describe it as a place of deep emotional intimacy and poetic connection to family and homeland, one where shopping for familiar ingredients can feel like an act of healing and cultural belonging." - Mallika Rao